In a TV interview, Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer (6'3", <200lbs) said he has a hard time adding pounds on his recommended diet of 8,000-10,000 calories per day.
der Brucer
I promise I won't post a word about it, Jennifer.
Can we try not to post the winners names of shows like NEXT FOOD NETWORK STAR, TOP CHEF, PROJECT RUNWAY that are delayed by 6 weeks in canada.
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TOD;
I'm not a westerns fan, but I've always loved YOJIMBO. I'll let all of you decide whether you want to call that a western or not. :)
Since macchus made his intentions clear about the playing of the Initials Game and his at-its-roots rivalry with bk over the most names posted, let me aid their competitive fever by forever removing myself from all future competitions. I only post a few each week anyway so my contributions won't be missed, but knowing what's actually going on does not make it a fun experience for me any longer.
Los Angeles lawmakers are hoping they can legislate away the eating habits of Ms. Jackson and thousands of her neighbors. In July the City Council passed a one-year moratorium, now signed into law and effective as of last week, on any new fast-food restaurants in a 32-square-mile area south of Interstate 10, and the city is offering prospective owners of new grocery stores and non-fast-food restaurants large financial incentives to set up shop in the area.
And the word of the day is: HOMILY!OH, LIMY, the Vicar is about to launch into another HOMILY about young girls and vacuum pumps!
In a TV interview, Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer (6'3", <200lbs) said he has a hard time adding pounds on his recommended diet of 8,000-10,000 calories per day.Which probably explains why his clothes keep slipping off.
der Brucer
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-08/41550538.jpg)
I appreciate DR macchus' comments last night about "the game" and its intent. Yes, it does get a lot of participation because we all enjoy fun.
I would like to point out that few of the names he and BK post in the initial flurry are names we would not know. In fact, they are often the names that spring to mind most readily.
We are a very erudite group of people -- and to suggest that movie composer names and sports names would be somehow beyond us seems a bit shortsighted. "We", as a group, know quite a bit about many things, sports and movie scores included.
We do not, however, get a head start by knowing initials in advance so we aren't able to post them so rapidly from a pre-prepared list.
I wonder....do the HHW forum members' names fall into BK's column? If so, I don't think there could much of a contest! :D
Can we try not to post the winners names of shows like NEXT FOOD NETWORK STAR, TOP CHEF, PROJECT RUNWAY that are delayed by 6 weeks in canada.
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TOD:I agree with it being a great score, and my all-time favorite vocal score. I wore out the LP when I was a spring of a twig of a lad.
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My favorite orchestral score of all time (any genre) is HOW THE WEST WAS WON.
Since macchus made his intentions clear about the playing of the Initials Game and his at-its-roots rivalry with bk over the most names posted, let me aid their competitive fever by forever removing myself from all future competitions. I only post a few each week anyway so my contributions won't be missed, but knowing what's actually going on does not make it a fun experience for me any longer.No, Matt, please continue to post your entries. The competition between BK and macchus is just that, a competition between them. It is not the entire game, nor the point of the game. As I see it, the point of the game is information sharing - a way of getting each other to think, both of names to add to the list and a contemplation of the names that are already there. Your contributions help make me think.
And how long would you like the moratorium to last?
Since macchus made his intentions clear about the playing of the Initials Game and his at-its-roots rivalry with bk over the most names posted, let me aid their competitive fever by forever removing myself from all future competitions. I only post a few each week anyway so my contributions won't be missed, but knowing what's actually going on does not make it a fun experience for me any longer.No, please continue to post! The competition between BK and macchus is just that, a competition between them. It is not the entire game, nor the point of the entire game. As I see it, the point of the game is to share information, to get us all to think, both about new names to be added to the list and for a contemplation of the names that are already there. Your contributions, and those of everyone else, help make me think.
Aaron McCargo, Jr's, name was posted as part of the Name Game and required an explanation of who he is, since there are more people here who weren't waching Next Food Network Star than there are Canadians who post here. The needs of the many outweighed the need of the one.
Besides, his prize for winning the contest, his own new show, has already started airing here in the US. If I had posted instead that he is the host of Big Daddy's House, it would have been as much a giveaway as what was posted. And since his show is only slated for a six-episode run, by the time NFNS airs in Canada he will already have become old news here in the States - deferring to Canada in this case is absurd.
DR Jennifer - Again... Have you thought of moving to the States? ;)
On the other hand... You've also been providing some play-by-play for some of the Canada-only reality shows - "Canadian Idol" and "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?"... And who's to say that those shows may not get broadcast in the US at some point down the line?
We can all try to be "careful", but you also have to know that "slips" may happen from time to time. But you also must know that by having all of us post spoiler warnings for any possible spoiler, well... :-\ -Yes, it may take a few extra seconds, but part of the fun of posting is posting "on the spot" - not via tape delay, or broadcast delay. And has been stated in the past, HHW is not the only source of spoilers. (*I've been reading Seth Rudetsky's play-by-play on the Maria show - well, at least the one in London - I think...)
Does knowing the winner in advance really take away all the enjoyment of watching the competition for you? Surely, it's not that disheartening.
And, again, it's just TV.
No, please continue to post! The competition between BK and macchus is just that, a competition between them. It is not the entire game, nor the point of the entire game. As I see it, the point of the game is to share information, to get us all to think, both about new names to be added to the list and for a contemplation of the names that are already there. Your contributions, and those of everyone else, help make me think.
Hmm... I guess I am a bit grumpy this morning.
:-\
I need sunshine.
Hmm... I guess I am a bit grumpy this morning.
:-\
I need sunshine.
OY!
Did this really all have to come up again?!?!?!?
So... Maybe the whole solution to the whole SPOILER ALERT situation is to just not discuss those shows, programs, movies, etc., on this site. Just take those discussions to sites exclusively devoted to talking about those shows.
Would that work for everybody?
*And, yes, I find this whole discussion stupid and frustrating. We all know that we live in different time zones and different countries. Just deal with it. Reading and posting on this forum should be fun. Not work.
DR JRand - to answer your question from last night, yes, it did rain in the CHCA production. And the more I thought about it yesterday, I convinced myself that Rob's friend played the director!
All i wrote was one line! :)
I personally don't think it takes much effort to write the name of the show before you post about it.
I don't think it is too much to ask not to post the names of the winners or eliminated contestants that week right out in the open.
And i don't think the right answer is not to post about the shows. I think most people here enjoy it. And in fact pretty much everybody here is very considerate each week when discussing the reality shows.
The ironic thing is that the post in question was not even discussing the show at all.
So... Then there was no need to post in LARGER TYPE THE OTHER SHOWS YOU DID NOT WANT SPOILED. We can all read "size 2" just fine.
I think it might be in the air.
No, Jennifer, you just don't get it. You're assuming that every time anyone posts, they should be thinking about you, and whether or not the post might spoil something for you.
...It's just about being considerate. Why would you want to just blurt out someone's name when you know that it will spoil it for someone else? It's beyond me i guess.
No Westerns here, except maybe "Annie, Get Your Gun".
Good Matthew. I forgot that one.
As Anthony says, You know you're Gay if your favorite Westerns are The Harvey Girls and Annie Get Your Gun. You know you're Gay if everything you know about football you learned from Good News.
No, Jennifer, you just don't get it. You're assuming that every time anyone posts, they should be thinking about you, and whether or not the post might spoil something for you.
The one who is being inconsiderate is you. You are putting your needs above everyone else.
I do not live in Canada. I have no reason to keep track of when whatever shows are being broadcast in Canada, as opposed to when they have broadcast in the USA. And I seriously doubt that anyone else here keeps Canadian broadcast schedules in mind when they post. McCargo won the competition two weeks ago. This is old news. To treat is as anything but old news is absurd.
Is Pluto in Uranus or something? Let's all have FUN. The sun has come out, I shall be jogging shortly and we should all just get up and dance with gay abandon.
OH!
DR Ginny - When are you in NYC again? 'Cause I think I've come up with a plan for my birthday.
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Keep you eyes and ears open toward the end of the week as warrior Mars squares intense Pluto.
Is Pluto in Uranus or something? Let's all have FUN. The sun has come out, I shall be jogging shortly and we should all just get up and dance with gay abandon.
Speaking of dancing, page 5 dance. I don't dance, gay or otherwise. Don't ask me.
...Keep you eyes and ears open toward the end of the week as warrior Mars squares intense Pluto....Interesting, since Mars and Pluto are in conjunction in my birth chart.
I do like to post some of my obscure things that I really don't think people would get or characters from my books or films.
Uranus Is Ineffectual - that's the title of my next novel.Either that, or it's the new slogan for Tucks®.
DR Jose - we arrive two weeks from tomorrow (but who's counting?), Aug. 27, in the afternoon.
Your birthday plans sounds like fun and very "you." I'll be interested to see how it develops.
Speaking of dancing, page 5 dance. I don't dance, gay or otherwise. Don't ask me.
"Gay Or Otherwise"
-Isn't that a new show on MTV?
Another picture to bring the sun out in your day...the lovely Rory Calhoun.
Ssshhhh...one of my actress interviewees admitted to me that she had a little affair with Rory while they were filming a western...
(http://i10.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/fb/0f/d0d6_1_sbol.JPG)
Is Pluto in Uranus or something? Let's all have FUN. The sun has come out, I shall be jogging shortly and we should all just get up and dance with gay abandon.
OY!
Did this really all have to come up again?!?!?!?
So... Maybe the whole solution to the whole SPOILER ALERT situation is to just not discuss those shows, programs, movies, etc., on this site. Just take those discussions to sites exclusively devoted to talking about those shows.
Would that work for everybody?
Did she have to throw Guy Madison out of bed?
If I have to leave spoiler space on every single post I make, then I'm leaving.
And I am not leaving.
I like the new freecreditreport-dot-com commercial more than I liked the last one.DANGGIT!!! Now you've ruined the surprise!!!
Nice that the older lady from the first (restaurant) commercial is back in this commercial as well.
I doubt she could have gotten Guy Madison!
Since we're on page 6, should we gossip about Jerry Orbach's greedy son?
You do fake-grumpy very well, Ron P.
A box from Amazon arrived, and he's hiding it.
Other than the fact that I know it contains my birthday present...
As Anthony says, You know you're Gay if your favorite Westerns are The Harvey Girls and Annie Get Your Gun. You know you're Gay if everything you know about football you learned from Good News.
Is Pluto in Uranus or something?
OY!
Did this really all have to come up again?!?!?!?
So... Maybe the whole solution to the whole SPOILER ALERT situation is to just not discuss those shows, programs, movies, etc., on this site. Just take those discussions to sites exclusively devoted to talking about those shows.
Would that work for everybody?
*And, yes, I find this whole discussion stupid and frustrating. We all know that we live in different time zones and different countries. Just deal with it. Reading and posting on this forum should be fun. Not work.
Another picture to bring the sun out in your day...the lovely Rory Calhoun.
Ssshhhh...one of my actress interviewees admitted to me that she had a little affair with Rory while they were filming a western...
(http://i10.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/fb/0f/d0d6_1_sbol.JPG)
No, it won't work. When will it end? From taped reality shows to live reality shows to prime time TV and daytime soap operas. There will ALWAYS be the potential for something to be spoiled. I think everyone here has on good faith gone out of his way not to ruin anyone's fun, BUT PEOPLE ARE HUMAN AND MISTAKES ARE MADE. (I've made plenty of them but never purposely to ruin someone else's good time.)
I will continue to post as I always have, and if it's not acceptable, bk certainly has the power to ban me from his site. He IS paying the bills, after all, and his word is really the only one that matters.
I woke up with a sore throat, and my sinuses are free-flowing, which isn't good at all.
I'm hoping it's just another twist in the "allergy" syndrome cycle.
But who knows!!??
Speaking of spoiled, here's the article on Jerry Orbach's greedy son.
Not that I'm taking sides, mind you.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08102008/news/nationalnews/briscoe_kids_outrage_123854.htm
I don't think Chris Orbach's being greedy. I think his point is that his stepmother's not treating him and his brother fairly in the estate.
I had thought my problem was only allergies. Vibes this is gone by tomorrow.
My friend Margo, who I picked up from the airport last night, was visiting her sister in Minneapolis. This weekend, they went to see the new Little House on the Prairie (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119925.html) musical with Melissa Gilbert (TV's very own Laura Ingalls Wilder) playing Ma. Margo said that the show was very good. :D
Hello, y'all!
Just checking in briefly. This afternoon was South Street Seaport, a Circle Line tour of the waterfalls, Eldridge Street synagogue and Guss's Pickles.
Tonight - who knows? Perhaps just relaxing in the room. :)
How cute. Can Melissa Gilbert sing?
I'm certain now that it's not allergies.
Sigh.
Margo said that she could...but didn't elaborate. I don't doubt that she can sing.
Every post you make ISN'T about a TV show plot or reality show winner. Therefore, posting "SPOILER" isn't an issue.
But if you did...or more to the point...if you were watching such a show but for some reason had to record it for later viewing...you'd probably be very happy that MOST of us who post about these things do so with a spoiler warning because there are people here who don't get to watch the shows as they air.
That said, I know DR Jennifer was disappointed to learn the winner of that cooking show but the truth is, the game wasn't about that show -- it was about a name that fit the initials.
Sometimes shit happens. It's not intentional. It just is.
The point, I think, is to not make a huge deal of it when it happens and it's quite obvious it was an inadvertent revelation.
Let's retain the status quo of being careful discussing a recent episode of some show by posting SPOILER so that those who cannot catch up until the weekend (or, in the case of one DR, until the season is on DVD) won't have their pleasure spoiled.
But also maintain an objectivity that sometimes things get revealed without the writer meaning to spoil anything.
...and we should all just get up and dance with gay abandon.
I like the new freecreditreport-dot-com commercial more than I
Since we're on page 6, should we gossip about Jerry Orbach's greedy son?
Rory Calhoun and Guy Madison were a couple for a while.
... I think we can assume that no one here does anything to purposely annoy anyone... (
I just read these two articles in Playbill.com:
Sondheim & Weidman's Bounce Is Now Called Road Show; Cast Announced (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120382.html)
and
Exclusive! Sondheim Explains Evolution from Bounce to Road Show (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120386.html)
;D
An example of why parents should talk to their adult children regarding their wishes & wills.
...Eldridge Street synagogue and Guss's Pickles.
Both of you get your buttcheeks out there and walk Times Square!!!
Mary Anne from Gilligan's Island (did we ever know her last name?)
Which reminds me that Joel McCrea's western THE OKLAHOMAN (1957) is one of my favorites as is Jody McCrea's THE BROKEN LAND (1961) which also stars Diana Darrin and Jack Nicholson.
Ah1 DR has landed early---he was iin Auburn interviewing their football coach, so I'm gonna cook dinner...
Listening to Randy Newman's new album - .. - it sounded like it was more like his last album, just a small group of musicians. It's not that at all - full orchestra on certain tracks.
Wow Druxy, Diana Darrin is a dear friend of mine.
Did you by chance know June Kenney or Allison Hayes?
I didn't know those ladies.
Diana and I weren't together that long.
As I recall, she married a guy who owned a hair salon and retired to have a family. What's she doing now?
... still I was glad he was on the leash. I wasn’t concerned about him running after the deer, just running down the steep embankment & injuring his elbows.
Well, he's all muscle! All calorie-burning muscle!
*And according to the commentary tonight, he's double-jointed and has size 14 feet! Good to know, I guess. ;)
TOD;
I'm not a westerns fan, but I've always loved YOJIMBO.
Probably as close to knowing as we will ever get!
Yeah ...that way he can run down the steep embankment dragging you behind, and you can join him in elbow injuring :)
der Brucer
Probably as close to knowing as we will ever get!
While those may be macchus's intentions they are not mine and I encourage all to continue to play the game and have fun. I'll be discussing this with him privately, and we will be limiting ourselves to fifteen each (I PROMISE to be strict about this myself) until morning. While I definitely have a competetive edge while playing the game privately, on the site it's not about winning and losing, it's about fun, so that's what it will be and should be. I haz spoken.
Is that the one with Stephen Boyd, Doris Day, and Jimmy Durante?
I think THIS (http://www.mokers.org/blog/images/2008/02/sports/michael-phelps-speedo.png)might be closer to the most you will ever get.
I've copied this from George's post of a day ago (or so).
Marc Antony.
I just read these two articles in Playbill.com:Der B and I saw Bounce in DC. There was good reason for it not continuing on to Broadway in that form. And I wanted it to work. I really wanted it to work.
Sondheim & Weidman's Bounce Is Now Called Road Show; Cast Announced (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120382.html)
and
Exclusive! Sondheim Explains Evolution from Bounce to Road Show (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120386.html)
;D
Der B and I saw Bounce in DC. There was good reason for it not continuing on to Broadway in that form. And I wanted it to work. I really wanted it to work.
What I want is a multi-disc CD with all of the music written for the show, as it goes through it's ever-continuing permutations towards whatever it will be.
Rory Calhoun and Guy Madison were a couple for a while.
...Btw, i never said DR SWW intentionally spoiled the winner. ...You sure could have fooled me. You never once suggested that it was accidental. Your initial post, on the other hand, with the exaggerated font size, was deliberately intended to hurt. I found it insulting, and when insulted like that, I come back swinging with a corked bat.
That would be cool! BK? You're his close and personal friend...what about it?? ;DA while back, there was a four-disc set of the Disney musicals that Ashman and Menkin wrote (Aladdin took up two discs), called The Music Behind the Magic. What was fascinating was to hear the demo recordings and work tapes, as the musicals took form. Wonderful stuff.
;)
I just read these two articles in Playbill.com:
Sondheim & Weidman's Bounce Is Now Called Road Show; Cast Announced (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120382.html)
and
Exclusive! Sondheim Explains Evolution from Bounce to Road Show (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120386.html)
;D
You sure could have fooled me. You never once suggested that it was accidental. Your initial post, on the other hand, with the exaggerated font size, was deliberately intended to hurt. I found it insulting, and when insulted like that, I come back swinging with a corked bat.
OY!
Did this really all have to come up again?!?!?!?
So... Maybe the whole solution to the whole SPOILER ALERT situation is to just not discuss those shows, programs, movies, etc., on this site. Just take those discussions to sites exclusively devoted to talking about those shows.
Would that work for everybody?
*And, yes, I find this whole discussion stupid and frustrating. We all know that we live in different time zones and different countries. Just deal with it. Reading and posting on this forum should be fun. Not work.
You could have just said he was a contestant on the show.
I've mentioned more than once that the show was not finished airing in canada (since we only get Food canada not the US food network).
So i found it very inconsiderate, as i find this reply. Other readers who commented on the winner last week left spoiler space.
It's just about being considerate. Why would you want to just blurt out someone's name when you know that it will spoil it for someone else? It's beyond me i guess.
Oh...but before I go---Maniya Barredo, prima ballerina
As for the Initials Game and MR BK and DR DRUXY....I say post as many names as you like. It makes me have to think harder....and if I'm not around to post the names I know, that's my fault.
OH!
DR Ginny - When are you in NYC again? 'Cause I think I've come up with a plan for my birthday...
I think I'm just going to another sort of Walking and Eating Tour. I basically did it last year on my birthday by myself - which is what I wanted to do anyway.
I had toyed with having some sort of party on the weekend before and/or after my birthday, but I've never been fond of celebrating birthdays on a non-birthday day, so...
What I'm pretty sure I'm going to do is to plan some sort of itinerary for the day. I'll send it out to my friends, post it on Facebook, etc. Then throughout the day, my friends can join me as their schedule and location permits. -I've never been one for big parties, and this will be a nice way to make sure any of my friends who may be in rehearsals, shows, work, etc., can have an opportunity to meet up with me during the course of the day. -And it will make it much easier to make sure I get some actual one-on-one time with everyone. So.. Stay tuned.
Jennifer, I'm sorry but it's not being considerate to ask an entire board of people to not discuss something because you haven't seen it and you don't know the answer.
When is your birthday, Jose?
Shortly I shall be on my way to the theater.
DR Cilla, if we didn't have company arriving Saturday, we could have seen you in Chicago.
My heart will be in North Chicago on Friday when during Bryan's white coat ceremony. I hear it is beautiful & moving.
I just hope I'm here and not in L.A. Each day continues to bring some improvement with my DMIL. She is very unhappy right now.
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Jennifer, I'm sorry but it's not being considerate to ask an entire board of people to not discuss something because you haven't seen it and you don't know the answer.
DR Jane - I guess I must have missed something... Were you originally planning on heading to Chicago this weekend even with your pending houseguests?
Adara is too cute.
Does your brother have a Dachshund? Next to him you don't look adopted, but everyone else. ;D
And Gus's Pickles too!
Did you know that Gus's is just a few blocks from The Doughnut Plant, Kossar's Bialys, The Essex Street Market, Russ & Daughters, Economy Candy...
:)
I have so much to do before I go in the morning, but I can't seem to get myself to stop watching the Olympics. Guess I won't be sleeping much tonight!
How come the good Olympic stuff doesn't come on here until past my bedtime?
... Sunny. Cloudy. Sunny again. Very cloudy and gray. Rainy. Drizzling. Downpour. Then sunny again. Thankfully, I had my umbrella with me...
160Gig! -I swear it wasn't that long ago when ONE Gig was HUGE!?!?!
Finally back from the show and a post-show gathering. I shall now hurry and write Ye Olde Notes.
Get with it - I am anxious for the opportunity to purposely annoy someone!
der Brucer
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